Giving your best in the moment is good for everybody
I always tried to dump the beets. As a child the annual Christmas canned food drive was a prime opportunity to rid the pantry of the limas and the beets by tossing them into the sack for another unsuspecting family. I was about 10 when my Mom caught me adding the items I considered “bad [...]
Three ways to feel more grateful
Today as I prepare the turkey and the stuffing and those green beans that everyone makes and gear up for the friends and family and food that will soon be around my table, it’s easy to be grateful. It wasn’t so easy for me last week when I was stuffy and headachey and worn out. [...]
Talking to yourself helps self control
Before you pig out on turkey and pie this week remember to put the fork down long enough to take a deep breath and listen to your inner voice. You know the one — sometimes it sounds sweet and encouraging, other times it grates like a nagging mother-in-law. That voice might just be the key [...]
How to regroup when your dreams derail
Sometimes it’s hard to keep your chin up. There are days when it feels like the whole world is saying “No” and everyone is tossing obstacles onto your path. We’ve all been in this kind of rut: where you feel more stuck than successful. Where it’s hard to keep going. Where you’re just sick and [...]
The Five Secrets of Success: Take action every day
Jack Canfield father of the Chicken Soup for the Soul and overall success guru calls it the Rule of Five. I think of it as living a life of inspired action. It’s all the same principle that says: By taking steps every day toward your purpose or goal, success is unavoidable. When you take consistent [...]
Whatever you do, don’t frown
I’ve been smiling a bit more these days. Not because I’m any happier — though I’m not unhappy — it’s more that I’m afraid not to. Here’s why: The Big Wigs say smiling might just help you live longer. Wayne State University researchers evaluated the smiles of baseball players in photographs and determined those who [...]
Observe the anger and then lean toward love
A couple of weeks ago, I stood on the edge of someone else’s anger. Rage really. And for a second it threatened to pull me in, sucking me under until I matched the rage and responded with my own threats and lies and irrationality and immaturity and hurt. Hostility can be like that. It can [...]
Worry, stress? It’s all a matter of perspective
I’ve been thinking a lot about perspective, lately. It’s interesting to me how two people can experience the same circumstances and have completely different experiences of it. One is angry because some jerk cut her off on the freeway and the world is out to get her. The other, is hoping that the woman who [...]
Seven Quick Ways to Feel Better Now
I know I’ve been writing a lot these days about the power of emotions. But understanding how they work in your life is the key to living the life you desire. Or at least feeling good about the life you’re living. Science shows that we can choose our emotions and influence every aspect of our [...]
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